Advice
The Butt Stops Here
By Amy Alkon My husband and I both smoked pot regularly, but I quit several years ago, and he began smoking nightly. I kept encouraging him to quit because it
Wait Problems
By Amy Alkon A friend of a year has a pattern of raving about people she meets and then completely cooling on them. Last week, she met a man online.
Candy Skeletons, Copal & Marigolds
Thursday is Halloween. Hopefully “something ‘wicked’ our way comes.” It’s also Samhain – Irish Gaelic festival marking the beginning of winter (“darker half” of the year) and harvest’s end. In
Ahimsa — Doing No Harm
With Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, we are in a time of renewal, tending to matters of the past that, eventually, must be left behind. It’s a time of rest and
Golden Pond Scum
By Amy Alkon I went to meet my girlfriend’s 90-year-old father. They have a conflicted relationship. He doesn’t “agree” with his daughter’s homosexuality, generally looks down on women, and believes
Tease For Two
“It’s long been believed that we each have one consistent “self,” with stable preferences, leading us to make consistent choices from situation to situation. That actually isn’t the case.” By
Libra – Contemplating the Path of Return
Transition Town News — Rob Hopkins, founder of International Transition Movement, on a rare tour of the U.S., visits San Francisco area, Oct. 10-12; Los Angeles area Oct 13-14
Social Notworking
By Amy Alkon My 40-something younger brother has been “friending” my hot female friends on Facebook, women I have befriended in real life whom he’s never even met! I said
Libra New Moon Festival – Let Choice Be Made!
It’s a rather unusual, possibly irrational and unexpected week, with things unforeseen, unanticipated and unpredicted occurring. We may experience a subtle nervousness and anxiety due to Uranus interacting with the
Office Despot
By Amy Alkon I just started a new job. My boss and I were having a meeting, and he started asking me about my personal life — whether I have
